Sabana Yegua
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Sabana Yegua is a municipality
Municipalities of the Dominican Republic
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 (municipio
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) of the Azua
Azua Province
Azua is a province of the Dominican Republic.-Municipalities and municipal districts:The province as of June 20 2006 is divided into the following municipalities and municipal districts within them:...

 province
Provinces of the Dominican Republic
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 in the Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic
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.

As of the Dominican Republic's 2002 census
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, the municipality had a total population of 24,015 inhabitants, of which 10,395 resided in urban areas and 13,620 in rural areas. This includes the municipal districts (distritos municipal) of Ganadero, Proyecto 2-C, and Proyecto 4.

It located currently in the kilometer 11 of the highway Azua
Azua de Compostela
Azua de Compostela, also known simply as Azua, is a municipality of the Azua province in the Dominican Republic. It is the capital of Azua province, and is located 100 kilometres west of the national capital, Santo Domingo....

-San Juan
San Juan de la Maguana
San Juan de la Maguana is the capital city and the largest city in the province of San Juan and is the 10th largest city in the Dominican Republic.-References:...

, old was located more to the south, next to San Juan de la Maguana
San Juan de la Maguana
San Juan de la Maguana is the capital city and the largest city in the province of San Juan and is the 10th largest city in the Dominican Republic.-References:...

, after crossing Villarpando
Villarpando
Villarpando is a town in the Azua province of the Dominican Republic.- Sources :* – World-Gazetteer.com...

, entering for the crossing of El Corozo.

It was transferred to the current location, due to the construction of the Dam
Dam
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 of Sabana Yegua, on the riverbed Yaque del Sur, when completed its filled earlier than expected, due to the step of the hurricane David October 31, 1979, causing the massive eviction and by force of its inhabitants, which did not avoid the death of many people.

Its hydroelectric power station generates an important quantity of the energy electrica of the country. The irrigation ditch by-product of Sabana also contributes a volume of 8 m³ of water, what has changed the economy of Azua, and where they have been established several important agroindustrias.

Sabana Yegua was and continues being of the districts but prosperous of the province Azua, and the largest one of the human settlements created by the Dominican government. Its economy is based on the present time in the cultivation of platain, bananas, tomato aji, eggplants, cilantro, onion
Onion
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and other.
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